An environmental literary magazine. Cover Art: Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer
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4 Sep 2024
“What is a weed? A plant out of place—according to humans.
In Kent, I am a human out of place. No wonder I have an affinity with weeds.”
Read “The Lockdown Botanist” by Rachel Sloan with art by Mia Risberg: hoppermag.org/the-lockdown-b…
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31 Aug 2024
“In the last year, I have chased an urge to create beyond my comfort zone.”
See H. Lee Messina’s art:
hoppermag.org/h-lee-messina
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30 Aug 2024
“My body,
an ecosystem of
dirt-stuffed heart cockles”
Read “The Seed” by @lumen_arcanum, with art by H. Lee Messina:
hoppermag.org/the-seed
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23 Aug 2024
“Tre Vattenfall is a short videography project, inspired by the fluid and interchangeable relationship between time and space from an observer’s point of view.”
See Samaré Gozal’s short film here:
hoppermag.org/samare-gozal-2
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19 Aug 2024
“Sam’s worried about the fawns. It’s been a few days since we’ve seen any of the herd.”
Read Chris Sheehan’s short story, “Half-Frightened Wild Animals,” with art by Johanna Finnegan Topitzer:
hoppermag.org/half-frightene…
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18 Aug 2024
“These small drawings capture what I perceive as moments of stillness in my life.”
View Mia Risberg’s art:
hoppermag.org/mia-risberg
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4 Aug 2024
“Finally the sap
begins to flow and peepers eager
in tree-cities start up a thousand tiny
rhythmic saws”
Read “Just This” by Janet MacFadyen, with art by Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer: hoppermag.org/just-this
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13 Jun 2024
“The hair on the back of Robin’s neck prickled when she felt the wing-wind of a great horned owl swoop powerfully close…”
Read “Don’t Look at the Owls” by Audacia Ray, with art by Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer:
hoppermag.org/dont-look-at-t…
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10 Jun 2024
“It doesn’t matter who you love
but what you’ll do about it once you love them.”
Read “Rynchops” by @mollykugel with art by John Schmitz:
hoppermag.org/rynchops
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5 Jun 2024
“. . . as anyone who has spent much time in the kingdom of fungi knows, these binaries don’t really exist.”
Read “Unclean: What Foraging Wild Fungi Taught Me About Impurity Culture” by Sophia Moss with art by H. Lee Messina:
hoppermag.org/unclean
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1 Jun 2024
“The artworks are intended to promote reflection on the power, importance, and beauty of the earth’s oceans and the critical role ongoing research will play in understanding and maintaining it.”
See artwork by Beric Henderson:
hoppermag.org/beric-henderso…
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1 Jun 2024
Pride Month reading list, featuring work by Hopper contributors Sophia Moss and Audacia Ray!
Happy #PrideMonth! Celebrate with reads from indie publishers—including @coachhousebooks, @splitlippress, @FeministPress, @bookhugpress, @BullCityPress, @SwanIslePress, @NewVesselPress, @SFWP, @BlackLawrence, @WarblerPress, @HubCityPress, and more: clmp.org/news/a-reading-list…
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30 May 2024
“Where do you feel the world’s sinews?
The close clouds at night. The Milky Way’s
birthmark on the stomach of the sky.”
Read “Wyoming Litany” by Barbara Duffey, with art by H. Lee Messina:
hoppermag.org/wyoming-litany
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Congratulations to the CLMP members with new issues out this month—including @AdiMagazine, @AfterDinnerCon, @anotherchimag, @BostonReview, @ScriptorP, @full_bleed, @hopper_mag, @TheHudsonReview, @LEspritLit & more lit mags! clmp.org/news/may-2024-round…
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24 May 2024
“With winter not far off, she prayed for rain or snow, or both, some moisture from the sky that could fill her rain barrels or the many buckets she left out in the yard.”
Read “The Presence of Water” by Lena Hari, with art by John Schmitz:
hoppermag.org/the-presence-o…
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23 May 2024
“Above palm leaves thatching corrugated roofs,
a frigatebird rises along a thermal updraft, waking
from a stint of aerial sleep”
Read “Urban Whims of Some Birds” by Efren Laya Cruzada, with art by Beric Henderson:
hoppermag.org/urban-whims-of…
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20 May 2024
“I’ve drawn palm trees for most of my life. When I draw them, I start as I do with most sketches: I gaze out, widen my eyes, and take in.”
Read “Reading Palms” by Jolie Kaytes, with images by the author:
hoppermag.org/reading-palms
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18 May 2024
“Brisk fish swim under glassy pools
reflecting birds which limn the limits
of shadows spilled across the schools”
Read “Twilight on the River” by Will Cordeiro with art by Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer:
hoppermag.org/twilight-on-th…
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16 May 2024
“Over the stone wall and into the underbrush the trail is harder to find. … The displaced leaves tell the story of bodies dragged from beds still warm. An abduction in broad daylight.”
Read “Hobby Farming” by Alyssa Crogan with art by H. Lee Messina:
hoppermag.org/hobby-farming
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14 May 2024
“Deer do not like the scent of human hair.
Farmers scatter clumps to guard crops and roses.
I shed while walking, each strand whiter, bold . . .”
Read “Readying the Return” by @hfbourbeau with art by Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer:
hoppermag.org/readying-the-r…
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